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I was raised in the Arkansas Ozarks, near Eureka Springs, by a Christian family that never had a lot of anything other than love. We always had plenty of love. In fact we had so much love that we shared it with the people next door, the people down the road, the people in town, and the people in the next town over. At times we even had occasion to share it with people in the next county over and beyond. This was a love that was deeply rooted in the Word of God. My prayer is to share that love through my writings, based on truths from the Word of God. Thank you
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Do We Matter?
Do we matter? It's human nature to think that what we do matters to those around us. Every one of us loves to get a little pat on the back now and then from our friends, family, co-workers, etc. It lifts our spirits. It makes us feel productive. It gives us a feeling of belonging. It gives us a sense of pride. It increases our self confidence. It encourages us to do even more. Yet, more often than not, we are not recognized as being important to others. So I ask again, do we matter? In the grand scheme of things we are mere pebbles of sand in the sea. Occasionally someone will perform extraordinarily and will stand out in the crowd. For example, the heroism of Captain Sully Sullenberg setting his plane down in the Hudson River and saving his crew and passengers. Or a more recent example, the extraordinary voice of Susan Boyle on the British TV show, "Britain's Got Talent." Do these people matter more than we do? I would say the answer to that depends on who we want to matter to. Have you ever noticed how quickly Satan starts telling us we DON'T MATTER when we do something for Jesus? Or is it just me? In today's internet culture, I find that my Christian ethics, thoughts, and words do not matter to most individuals, but they sure seem to agitate the devil. I know God is pleased when I share His Word and/or His love, and He is the only one I should be concerned about whether or not I matter to. Yet the devil tells me I am wasting my time, I am not making a difference in anyone's life, I'm too much of a sinner to try to be pleasing to God, and I just plain old Do Not Matter. Yet, instinctively, I want to matter to others. We all do! It is human nature. But we all need to be very careful about whom we want to matter to. When we see someone striving to do good, we should let them know that their actions matter to us. Hebrews 3:13 tells us to exhort one another on a daily basis, lest we be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. Let those around you, who share God's love, know that they matter to you, and do it today. They all need encouragement. And above all else let God know that He matters to you. God bless
I'm with you there brother. I like to use fly fishing as an analogy. If you have never fly fished, what I am talking about is using a tiny hook with bits of feather, wool, hair, tinsel and such to make it look like a fly. Where I come from, it's considered a much better way to fish than lures and bait. We have one of the worlds largest and finest salmon rivers here called the Humber River. It is very wide and deep, especially near the mouth, and when you cast a fly into it - it's almost a feeling of despair and hopelessness that sets in. The mind just can't accept that something that small and insignificant can be noticed in that swirling mass of water. Salmon are finicky and people often go days without a strike. It can feel futile, your efforts don't seem to matter. Then one day you get a strike and land a fish. You realize that (at least to that fish) what you were doing did matter. Fishing for men can be a lot like fly fishing. A lonely, seemingly futile pursuit to have the truth noticed, amid a vast swirling current of worldly distractions. Everything you do doesn't seem to matter, but if you persist until you actually hook and land a convert, you will never feel that way again. Often it's nothing too dramatic - just planting a seed, that someone else waters, which only the Spirit of God can bring to maturity. No matter how you slice it, or how you choose to describe it, there's nothing like serving God. He can use the least of us - we matter - especially when we allow ourselves to be woven into the fabric of his plan.
WE definitly matter to God. Everything we do for him both small are great matters to him. May God bless you.